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Friday, October 23, 2009

Stephen Wiltshire's New York diary

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Extraordinary People - Stephen Wiltshire

Stephen Wiltshire is a British autistic savant and accomplished artist. He became famous as the best child artist in Britain and published his first bestseller book at the age of 12. In 2006 he was awarded an MBE and became the member of the British Empire. In this video diary he talks about his recent visit to New York and shows a more personal and intimate side of him.

In 1987, 11 year old Stephen Wiltshire featured in a BBC documentary, the misguidedly titled The Foolish Wise Ones, which focused on a small group of autistics with remarkable skills. To the amazement of his schoolteachers, at the age of six, this unhappy, withdrawn, tantrumprone little boy started drawing London buildings from memory, with extraordinary accuracy.

The film showed Stephen losing himself in the absorbing task of depicting a controlled a million miles from the anxiety-ridden one he inhabited. Now aged 33 his talent has led to a highly lucrative career, exhibiting and selling his artwork in his own gallery near Trafalgar square. This engrossing film follows Stephen as he returns to school to meet the teachers who encouraged his talents, and embarks on a feat that push even him to his limits - a four meter aerial panorama of London, drawn from memory after a 15-minute helicopter ride. The resulting picture is absolutely astonishing.

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